Why High-Yield Bond ETFs Are In Favor

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• SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK): up 31.8% year-to-date; yields 12.4%

• iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd (NYSEArca: HYG): up 23.4% year-to-date; yields 9.78%

• iShares iBoxx $ Investment-Grade Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: LQD): up 7% year-to-date; yields 5.3%

Max Chen contributed to this article.

For full disclosure, Tom Lydon’s clients own LQD.